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Muhammad Saleh

Senior Infrastructure Systems Engineer

Reliable IT infrastructure for secure, scalable operations.

Infrastructure & Cloud Systems Engineer with expertise in designing, migrating, and optimizing enterprise environments across on-premises and cloud platforms.

6+ Years

Years in IT

99.9%

Target Availability

24/7

Critical Support

Profile

About Me

I lead infrastructure initiatives that improve business continuity, security, and scalability. My work spans Microsoft ecosystems, virtualization, hybrid cloud integration, backup/disaster recovery, and operational automation. I collaborate closely with stakeholders and technical teams to align infrastructure outcomes with business goals.

Experience

Professional Experience

Public Transportation Company

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Senior Infrastructure Systems Engineer

Jan 2025 - Present

  • Lead infrastructure team operations across enterprise hardware, systems, and critical services.
  • Architect and maintain high-availability infrastructure with strong security and performance controls.
  • Oversee Nutanix, backup/DR integration, and technical mentoring for L2/L3 and Service Desk teams.

Infrastructure Systems Engineer

Sep 2023 - Dec 2024

  • Designed, deployed, and optimized Microsoft Active Directory and Office 365 hybrid environments.
  • Managed Nutanix clusters and integrated data protection using Commvault.
  • Drove patch and vulnerability response workflows to improve endpoint compliance and reliability.

Emircom

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Infrastructure Systems Engineer

Dec 2021 - Aug 2023

  • Managed vCenter/ESXi environment covering 1000+ VMs across production and non-production systems.
  • Supported AD architecture and operational troubleshooting for business systems.
  • Configured backup repositories/proxies and strengthened backup operations and monitoring.

Insights-Solutions

Cairo, Egypt

Infrastructure Systems Engineer

Feb 2020 - Nov 2021

  • Assessed client environments, documented requirements, and recommended IT improvements.
  • Deployed Microsoft infrastructure services and provided system troubleshooting and maintenance.

Cairo Airport Cargo Company

Cairo, Egypt

IT Trainee

Jul 2019 - Jan 2020

  • Completed MCSA/CCNA-focused training with hands-on AD-DS continuity and troubleshooting.
  • Supported ICT HelpDesk tasks and learned operational incident handling fundamentals.

Projects

Selected Projects

Cloud Migration

Nutanix AHV On-Prem to AWS Migration

Public Transportation Company · Apr 2025 – Present

Led modernization of core systems including Odoo CRM, ERPNext, and internal ticketing services to AWS-native architecture.

AWSEKSRDS/Aurora

Virtualization

Proxmox Dev/Staging Cluster Deployment

Public Transportation Company · Mar 2025 – Mar 2026

Built a 6-node Proxmox VE cluster with Ceph on repurposed End-of-Life Nutanix nodes to host Dev and Staging workloads separately from production—improving Nutanix stability, extending hardware life, and delivering a cost-efficient platform for development teams.

Proxmox VECephNutanixVirtualizationDevOps

Transport Systems

SAT (SAPTCO Alsa For Transportation)

Public Transportation Company · Oct 2023 – Present

Led end-to-end cloud migration from on-premises to AWS, deployed secure AD architecture, and rolled out endpoint/MDM governance across SAT stations.

AWSManageEngine UEMADManager

Enterprise Program

PTCO (Public Transportation Company)

Emircom · Jun 2022 – Aug 2023

Managed Active Directory domain operations, Office 365 tenant, AD replication troubleshooting, and SCCM patch management.

Active DirectoryOffice 365SCCM

Public Sector

HRDF (Human Resources Development Fund)

Emircom · Dec 2021 – Aug 2022

Managed multi-domain AD, VMware vCenter, Veeam backup monitoring, SCCM patch deployments, and SQL migration/failover activities.

VMwareVeeamSQL Failover

Travel Industry

Fursan Travel

Emircom · Jan 2022 – Jul 2022

Managed AD domain operations, Hyper-V virtualization, Veeam backup policy monitoring, and IIS service management.

Hyper-VVeeamIIS

Courses & certificates

Certifications

Additional training & study

AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials

Coursera

Google IT Support

Coursera

Introduction to Microsoft Azure Cloud Services

Coursera

IBM: Introduction to Cybersecurity Tools & Cyber Attacks

Coursera

CompTIA Network+

LinkedIn Learning

VMware Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals

VMware Learning

vSphere Snapshot Deep Dive

VMware Learning

MCSA: Windows Server

Self-Study

MCSE: Windows Server

Self-Study

CCNA

Self-Study

CEH & Penetration Testing

Self-Study

Nutanix HCI AHV

Self-Study

SCCM: System Center Configuration Manager

Self-Study

Veeam Backup & Replication

Self-Study

Commvault

Self-Study

Terraform

Self-Study

Skills

Skills

Windows Server

Roles/features, troubleshooting, registry & core tuning, lifecycle admin.

PowerShell & scripting

Infrastructure automation with PowerShell—modules, runbooks, repeatable provisioning, and integrations with AD, Microsoft 365, and monitoring tooling.

Active Directory

Replication, DC upgrades, LDAP integrations, OU/GPO design, hybrid identity. Tools: ManageEngine ADManager, ADAudit, ADSelfService.

Patch & endpoint management

WSUS; SCCM; ManageEngine Endpoint Central (patch & compliance).

ITSM

ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus for service workflows.

Cloud

Azure · AWS · OCI · GCP — architecture, workloads, integrations.

Virtualization

Hyper-V · VMware vSphere/ESXi/vCenter · Nutanix AHV · Azure VMs · VirtualBox.

Linux & UNIX

Install/configure Linux distributions and vendor virtual appliances.

Web platforms

cPanel · IIS · Apache administration.

Backup

Veeam · Commvault · EMC NetWorker — monitoring, sizing, restores.

Storage

SAN · NAS · NFS · SMB access patterns & operations.

Endpoint security

Symantec Endpoint Protection Server management.

Messaging

Microsoft Exchange on-premises · cloud mail/messaging footprints.

Databases

Microsoft SQL Server · MySQL · PostgreSQL · MongoDB builds & config.

Languages & software engineering

Primarily scripting for infra; experienced with C#, C++, Python, PHP, HTML, and Java when building tooling or integrations.

Networking

Subnets · VLANs · firewalls · VPN fundamentals for enterprise infra.

Cybersecurity

ISO 27001 familiarity; penetration testing practice (Kali tooling, CTF drills).

DevOps & automation (intro)

Terraform · Docker · Kubernetes · Ansible · Vagrant — operational exposure (learning path).

Blog

Writing

Practical notes mirrored from LinkedIn—short reads on identity, resilience, and cloud operations (full posts can link out later).

Identity

OAuth vs SAML in plain terms

Where browser redirects, tokens, and enterprise SSO assertions each fit in a modern stack.

Access control

RBAC vs ABAC—and when hybrids win

Roles keep admin simple; attributes help when ownership and context drift across teams.

Security ops

WAF layers, secrets hygiene, Zero Trust habits

Applying defense-in-depth lessons from regulated, always-on estates.

Hybrid cloud

Lifting workloads without borrowing tomorrow’s outages

Dependencies, rollback paths, identity, and cutover pacing when bridging on-prem estates and public clouds.

Backup / DR

RPO/RTO language that infra and business both understand

Mapping recovery objectives to tooling reality—jobs, catalogs, restores, and tabletop discipline.

Identity ops

Hardening AD & cloud identity at the seams

Replication health, Tiering habits, Conditional Access parallels, and least-privilege service accounts under pressure.

Let’s Connect

Open to opportunities, collaborations, and technical discussions around enterprise infrastructure and cloud systems.